Brady Jardine had 10 points for Utah State (25-6, 14-2 Western
Athletic Conference). The regular-season conference champion and
winner of 15 straight games, Utah State is the No. 1 seed in the
WAC tournament in Reno, Nev., facing No. 8 Boise State on
Thursday.

Jahmar Young had 17 points for New Mexico State (19-11, 11-5
WAC), which slipped to the tournament's No. 3 seed after
Nevada's win against Louisiana Tech on Saturday. Nevada tied
NMSU for second in the standings and owns the tiebreaker based
on a sweep of the season series.

Troy Gillenwater had 14 points and Hamidu Rahman 13 for NMSU,
which faces sixth-seeded San Jose State in a first-round game on
Thursday.